From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Timur Aydin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: backward-delete-word? Date: 12 Dec 2002 16:24:15 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039703287 20782 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 14:28:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:28:07 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MUJl-0005OO-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:28:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MUHb-0003ek-09 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:25:47 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:21:09 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 24 Original-X-Trace: sv3-p726xJYuHygRLu2sw6p5xQFpoJpCiqvmCKKbaIzTuimQGytk1C85qA1vhMp1KuF6bPp25BcukMPnuGC!e2LciujVKXEDmjYwXl976GeUJAf4cpckUVUL7w4UKkj+YECNhoKN Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108031 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4561 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4561 Barry Margolin writes: > In article , > > >C-Backspace invokes backward-kill-word. I guess the problem is the > >"kill", which saves the data in the kill ring. I probably need a > >"backward-delete-word". Does this thing exist or does it have to be > >written? > > What I usually do is paste first, and then delete. I position the cursor > at the beginning of the word and type C-y M-d. > Yes, that works for one paste, but when I position to another string that I want to paste over, the C-y now pastes the word that was previously killed. Because the killed data goes to the kill-ring, whenever I operate on a new word, I have to hit C-y M-y and the number of M-y's is going to be one more than before. So, if I want to operate on 4 strings, I will have to hit C-y M-y M-y M-y on the fourth string... -- Timur.